Marriage Obstacle

There are marriage obstacles so that the couple can not marry. Those are:
1. Nasab connection (blood relation)
A man is prohibited to marry:

• His mother, his grandmother and so forth in upward stright line
• His daughter, granddaughter, and so forth in downward stright line
• His sister, his niece, and so forth in downward stright line
• His aunt.

2. Semenda connection/Mushaharah connection (familial relationship because of marriage)
A man is prohibited to marry:

• His mother-in-law or his ex-mother-in-law
• Ex-wife of his father , ex-wife of his grandfather, and so forth in upward stright line
• Daughter of his wife or daughter of his ex-wife (step-daughter), granddaughter of his wife or granddaughter of his ex-wife (step-granddaughter), and so forth in downward sright line; except the marriage with his ex-wife broken qobla al dukhul
• His daughter-in-law, his granddaughter-in-law, and so forth downward stright line.

3. Radla’ah connection (suckling relation)
A man is prohibited to marry:

• A woman suckled him (suckling mother), mother of his sukling mother ,and so forth in upward stright line
• His suckling sister, daughter of his suckling sister, and so forth in downward stright line
• Sister of his suckling sister and so forth in downward stright line
• Sukling aunt
• A women whom sukled on his wife and her descend.

4. Certain situations
A man is prohibited to marry a woman whom in certain situations. Those situation are:

• The woman is still in married with another man
• The woman is still on iddah period with another man
• The woman is not Islam
• The woman is his ex-wife with talak 3 times. (The prohibition drop if ex-wife had married with another man the 2nd marriage is broken ba’da dukhul and her iddah with her 2nd husband is finish)
• The woman is his ex-wife with li’an.

5. Polygamy reason:

• A man is prohibited to commit polygamy with a woman whom has blood relation or sukling relation with his wife/s. The prohibition is in force although his wifes have been raj’i talak but still in iddah period.
• If a man has had 4 wifes, he is prohibited to marry again. The prohibition is in force as long as 4 wifes all in wedlock or still on iddah raj’I or one of them still in wedlock and the others are on iddah period of talak raj’i.